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CHINESE HEAD TAX |
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The Head Tax
Legislation Was Waiting! |
The railway was
completed in 1885 and the 1st anti-Chinese bill was
also passed in the same year. The Head Tax legislation was implemented in 1886. Chinese head tax payers were synonymous with the pioneer Chinese railway workers. |
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THE
FAMILY
STORIES Courtesy of Lyle Anderson Director and Chair of Community Historical Recognition Program for Kamloops Chinese Cultural Association CHINESE HEAD TAX BRIEF DANG FONG KONG LEE LIM MARR WOU HEROES OF CONFEDERATION KAMLOOPS CHINESE CULTURAL ASSOCIATION |
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